Grammar Exercises - Conditional sentences

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Do the exercises below on conditional sentences and click on the button to check
your answers.

(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on conditional sentences)

Match the numbers with the letters to form conditional sentences:

1. If I were a millionaire a. if I finish early.

2. She wouldn't have had an accident b. I would buy a beautiful car.
3. I’ll watch the film, c. if she had driven carefully.

Decide which of the sentences below is conditional type 1, 2 & 3 :

1. If I were rich, I would travel around the world.

2. She wouldn't have missed the train if she had woken up earlier.
3. I’ll call you if I come back early.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (conditional 1):

1. If I (finish) early, I will call you.

2. I (catch) the 9:00 train if I hurry up .
3. She will know the answer, if she (try) to understand.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (conditional 2):

1. If I (be) a star, I would help the needy.

2. He (buy) a house if he had a job.
3. She (be) happy, if she married him .

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (conditional 3):

1. If he (be) careful, he would not have had that terrible accident.

2. I (pass) the exam if I had worked hard .
3. Her father would not have died, if he (go) to the doctor.
Choose the correct answer:

1. If I (wake up)  …….. early, I’ll go jogging.

(wake up/will wake up/woke up/hade woken up/would wake up/would have woken up)

2. He (visit)  ……… his uncle, if he finishes early.

(will visit/visited/had visited/would have visited)

3. If she had taken care of her son, he (not/become) ………………… a criminal.

(does not become/did not become/will not become/had not become/would not
become/would not have become)

4. If I were a star, I (help) ………………. the poor.

(will help/helped/had helped/would help/would have helped)

5. She would have been top of her class if she (work) ………………….hard.

(works/worked/had worked/will work/would work/would have worked)

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 Punctuation and capitalization

 Spelling
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 Conditional Sentences

Conditional Sentence Type 0

Conditional type zero is used to talk about general truths, scientific facts or things which always
happen under certain conditions.

Form:

If + Simple Present, + Simple Present

Use:

The zero conditional is used to talk about things which are always true, scientific facts, general
truths:

Examples:

If you cross an international date line, the time changes.

Phosphorus burns if you expose it to air.
If I wake up early, I go jogging.

NOTE: you can use "when" instead of "if".

Conditional Sentence Type 1

Often called the "real" conditional because it is used for real or possible situations. These
situations take place if a certain condition is met. It is possible and also very likely that the
condition will be fulfilled.

Form:

If + Simple Present, + Simple Future

Use

Conditional Sentences Type 1 refer to the future. An action in the future will only happen if a
certain condition is fulfilled by that time. We don't know for sure whether the condition actually
will be fulfilled or not, but the conditions seems rather realistic – so we think it is likely to
happen.
Example:

If I have enough time, I'll watch the football match.

I may have time to watch the match but I'm not sure about it.

Conditional Sentence Type 2

Often called the "unreal" conditional because it is used for unreal impossible or improbable
situations. This conditional provides an imaginary result for a given situation. It is very unlikely
that the condition will be fulfilled.

Form:

if + Simple Past, + would + base verb

Were / Was

In conditional type 2, we usually use in the if clause "were" instead of "was" even if the pronoun
is I, he, she or it. "were" here is a subjunctive form.

NOTE "was" is also a possible form.

Example:

If I were a millionaire, I would buy a castle.

Use

Conditional Sentences Type 2 refer to an action in the present that could happen if the present
situation were different. I don't really expect the situation to change because it is very unlikely.

Example:

If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.

Conditional Sentence Type 3

It is impossible that the condition will be met because it refers to the past.

Form:

if + Past Perfect, + would + have + Past Participle

Use

Conditional Sentences Type 3 refer to situations in the past. They express hypothetical results to
past given situations.

Example:

If he had been careful, he wouldn't have had that terrible accident.

Sometimes in the past, he was careless. He drove so fast. So he had a terrible accident

Things to remember

1. The main clause can also be at the beginning of the sentence. In this case, don't use a comma.

Examples:

"Phosphorus burns if you expose it to air."

" I will send her an invitation if I find her address."
" I would travel around the world if I had a million dollars."
"He wouldn't have had that terrible accident if he had been careful."

2. Main clause and/or if clause might be negative.

Example:

If I don’t see him this afternoon, I will phone him in the evening.
If he had been careful, he wouldn't have had an accident.
 Grammar Exercises - Conditional sentences
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Do the exercises below on conditional sentences and click on the button to check
your answers.

(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on conditional sentences)

Match the numbers with the letters to form conditional sentences:

1. b If I were a millionaire,
a. if I finish early.
2. c She wouldn't have had an accident b. I would buy a beautiful car.
3. a I’ll watch the film, c. if she had driven carefully.

Decide which of the sentences below is conditional type 1, 2 & 3 :

1. If I were rich, I would travel around the world. Conditional 2

2. She wouldn't have missed the train if she had woken up earlier. Conditional 3
3. I’ll watch the film if I finish early. Conditional 1

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (conditional 1):

1. If I (finish) finish early, I will call you.

2. I (catch) would catch/'d catch the 9:00 train if I hurry up .
3. She will know the answer, if she (try) tries to understand.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (conditional 2):

1. If I (be) were/was a star, I would help the needy.

2. He (buy) would buy/'d buy a house if he had a job.
3. She (be) would be/'d be happy, if she marries him .

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (conditional 3):

1. If he (be) had been/'d been careful, he would not be have had that terrible accident.
2. I (pass) would have passed/'d have passed the exam if I had worked hard .
 3. Her father would not have died, if he (go) had gone/'d gone to the doctor.

Choose the correct answer:

1. If I (wake up) wake up early, I’ll go jogging.

2. He (visit) will visit his uncle, if he finishes early.
3. If she had taken care of her son, he (not/become) would not have become a criminal.
4. If I were a star, I (help) would help the poor.
5. She would have been top of her class if she (work) had worked hard.